Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability

Roanne Van Voorst

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• Different people handle risk in different ways. The current lack of understanding about this heterogeneity in risk behaviour makes it difficult to int... Lees meer

The Paradoxes of Aid Work

Silke Roth

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. 'Aidland' is a highly complex and heterog... Lees meer

Human Security and Japan's Triple Disaster

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of human security, yet the concept has hitherto not been considered relevant to the Ja... Lees meer

Disaster, Conflict and Society in Crises

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• Humanitarian crises - resulting from conflict, natural disaster or political collapse - are usually perceived as a complete break from normality, spur... Lees meer

Unhcr and the Struggle for Accountability

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• Despite the key importance of accountability for the legitimacy of humanitarian action, inadequate academic attention has been given to how the concep... Lees meer

Human Security and Natural Disasters

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• "Human security" is an approach that rejects the traditional prioritization of state security, and instead identifies the individual as the primary re... Lees meer

Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability

Roanne Van Voorst

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• Different people handle risk in different ways. The current lack of understanding about this heterogeneity in risk behaviour makes it difficult to int... Lees meer

Child Rights in Humanitarian Crisis

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• This book demonstrates how a focus on children's rights can help practitioners to safeguard children during humanitarian crisis. Child Rights in Human... Lees meer

Authoritarian Practices and Humanitarian Negotiations

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• This book examines authoritarian practices in relation to humanitarian negotiations. Utilising a wide variety of perspectives and examining a range of... Lees meer

Disaster Management in Australia

George Carayannopoulos

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• In recent times the frequency and severity of natural disasters has placed a clear emphasis on the ability of governments to plan, prepare and respond... Lees meer

The Humanitarian Fix

Joe Cropp

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• This book investigates how humanitarians balance the laws and principles of civilian protection with the realities of contemporary warzones, where non... Lees meer

The Humanitarian Machine

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• As the world reels from the impact of a global pandemic and increasing intensity of climate-caused hazards, the humanitarian sector has never been mor... Lees meer

The Humanitarian Exit Dilemma

Chin Ruamps

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• How should humanitarian organisations respond when their aid goes awry? Should they stay and remain engaged with the needy, or should they withdraw an... Lees meer

Australia's Foreign Aid Dilemma

Jack Corbett

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• The Australian aid program faces a fundamental dilemma: how, in the absence of deep popular support, should it generate the political legitimacy requi... Lees meer

The Vulnerable Humanitarian

Gemma Houldey

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• The Vulnerable Humanitarian challenges the prevalence of stress and burnout culture within the aid sector, laying bare the issues of power, agency, se... Lees meer

People, Aid and Institutions in Socio-Economic Recovery

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• An estimated 2 billion people live in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence. Extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated in these ar... Lees meer

Disaster Public Health and Older People

Emily Ying Yang Chan

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• Disaster Public Health and Older People introduces professionals, students and fieldworkers to the science and art of promoting health and well-being ... Lees meer

The New Humanitarians in International Practice

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• As humanitarian needs continue to grow rapidly, humanitarian action has become more contested, with new actors entering the field to address unmet nee... Lees meer

Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• At a time of escalating conflict between states and NGOs engaged in migrant search and rescue operations across the Mediterranean, this book explores ... Lees meer

Public Health Humanitarian Responses to Natural Disasters

Emily Chan

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• The pressure of climate change, environmental degradation, and urbanisation, as well as the widening of socio- economic disparities have rendered the ... Lees meer

Disaster Public Health and Older People

Emily Ying Yang Chan

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• Disaster Public Health and Older People introduces professionals, students and fieldworkers to the science and art of promoting health and well-being ... Lees meer

Humanitarianism and the Quantification of Human Needs

Joël Glasman

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• This book provides the first historical inquiry into the quantification of needs in humanitarian assistance. Ultimately the book argues that we cannot... Lees meer

Crisis Management Beyond the Humanitarian-Development Nexus

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• In addressing humanitarian crises, the international community has long understood the need to extend beyond providing immediate relief, and to engage... Lees meer

The Humanitarian Machine

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• As the world reels from the impact of a global pandemic and increasing intensity of climate-caused hazards, the humanitarian sector has never been mor... Lees meer